Psychological distress and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in young survivors of L'Aquila earthquake;Distress psicologico e disturbo post-traumatico da stress (DPTS) in una popolazione di giovani sopravvissuti al terremoto dell'Aquila

Rivista di Psichiatria

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 59-64

  Pollice, Rocco ^a,b   Bianchini, Valeria ^a,b   Roncone, Rita ^a,b   Casacchia, Massimo ^a,b  

^a SAN SALVATORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Earthquakes; Natural disasters; Post traumatic syndrome; Psychological distress; PTSD

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISPLACEMENT BEHAVIOR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EARTHQUAKE; HUMAN; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857736318     PISSN: 00356484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1708/1034.11292     Document Type: Article

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